Aplicación de la cláusula bilateral de salvaguardia del Acuerdo de Asociación UE-Mercosur y del Acuerdo Interino de Comercio UE-Mercosur para los productos agrícolas

Presentada por Saskia Bricmont

Añadido: Article12a Environment, Health and SPS clause 1. The Commission shall initiate an investigation and adopt safeguard measures under this Regulation where there is credible evidence that imports benefiting from tariff preferences do not meet equivalent environmental, animal welfare, health, food safety, or labor protection requirements applicable to Union producers. 2. In the event of a documented risk to human, animal, or plant health, including the use of production methods prohibited in the Union or failure to comply with sanitary and phytosanitary requirements, the Commission may immediately suspend imports of the product benefiting from tariff preferences, in accordance with Article 9(3). Measures adopted under this Article shall be necessary and proportionate and shall be subject to review in accordance with Article 12.

Texto tal como lo publica el PE, en inglés. PE779.036